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#5699BC

#5699bc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5699bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.73% red, 60% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.26% cyan, 18.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 200.59°, with 43.22% saturation and 53.73% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.58.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2839

Complementary

  1. #5699bc
  2. #bc7956

Split complementary

  1. #5699bc
  2. #bc5666
  3. #bcac56

Analogous

  1. #56bcac
  2. #5699bc
  3. #5666bc

Triadic

  1. #5699bc
  2. #bc5699
  3. #99bc56

Tetradic

  1. #5699bc
  2. #7956bc
  3. #bc7956
  4. #99bc56

Square

  1. #5699bc
  2. #ac56bc
  3. #bc7956
  4. #66bc56

Monochromatic

  1. #224557
  2. #38708d
  3. #5699bc
  4. #8dbad2
  5. #c4dbe7

Shades

#5699bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5699bc
  2. #4d8aa9
  3. #457a96
  4. #3c6b84
  5. #345c71
  6. #2b4d5e
  7. #223d4b
  8. #1a2e38
  9. #111f26
  10. #090f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#5699bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5699bc
  2. #67a3c3
  3. #78adc9
  4. #89b8d0
  5. #9ac2d7
  6. #abccde
  7. #bbd6e4
  8. #cce0eb
  9. #ddebf2
  10. #eef5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5699bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5699bc
  2. #5a97b6
  3. #5e94b0
  4. #6392aa
  5. #678fa4
  6. #6b8d9e
  7. #6f8a98
  8. #738892
  9. #78858c
  10. #7c8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e94a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8897be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a8cbb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #08a2a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7798bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d92bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #379fae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5699bc {
  color: #5699bc;
}
Background
.bg-5699bc {
  background-color: #5699bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5699bc {
  border: 2px solid #5699bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5699bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 86 153 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 43% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5699bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5699bc, #5666bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5699bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(86 153 188 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.58 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.54 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.07 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.33 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.47 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.55 #a96643 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5699bc  rgb(86, 153, 188)  hsl(201, 43%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#bc7956  rgb(188, 121, 86)  hsl(21, 43%, 54%)  Cafe au Lait
#bc5699  rgb(188, 86, 153)  hsl(321, 43%, 54%)  Mulberry
#99bc56  rgb(153, 188, 86)  hsl(81, 43%, 54%)  Olivine